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type: "Bill"
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title: "Certificates of death: gender identity."
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description: "Existing law requires that each death be registered with the local registrar of births and deaths in the district in which the death was officially pronounced or the body was found. Existing law designates persons responsible for completing a certificate of death and the required contents of the certificate, including, but not limited to, the decedent's name, sex, race, and other relevant identifying and medical information. Certain violations of these requirements are a crime."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 439"
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citation: "California AB 439 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Certificates of death: gender identity."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-02-04"
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last_action: "2021-07-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e125d9f-2b60-423e-a894-b1f5568ab9cd"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB439"
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source_hash: "7c418cfe33324355f7f54622c0f8b7661bc49b19e502d52e1ac01c5d4ea4e7b4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 439 (20212022) — Certificates of death: gender identity.
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Existing law requires that each death be registered with the local registrar of births and deaths in the district in which the death was officially pronounced or the body was found. Existing law designates persons responsible for completing a certificate of death and the required contents of the certificate, including, but not limited to, the decedent's name, sex, race, and other relevant identifying and medical information. Certain violations of these requirements are a crime.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/04/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB439&version=20210AB43999INT)
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2. **06/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB439&version=20210AB43998AMD)
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3. **07/09/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB439&version=20210AB43996CHP)
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4. **AB439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB439)
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5. **06/24/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB439&version=20210AB43997ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass — **9–1** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB439 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Wiener — **32–6** (pass) · upper
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- AB 439 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **63–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 439 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — **65–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **13–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
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- Atkins — coauthor (person)
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- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
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- Chiu — coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Eggman — coauthor (person)
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- Friedman — coauthor (person)
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- Laird — coauthor (person)
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- Lee — coauthor (person)
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- Low — coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Stone — coauthor (person)
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- Ward — coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
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- **2021-02-12** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-04-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 2. Page 1065.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 1577.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2021-06-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 2089.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2021-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 53, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e125d9f-2b60-423e-a894-b1f5568ab9cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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